Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust | Holocaust | The...

There is a lot of info to cover in an education. Unbelievable the stuff they leave out... on purpose.

It is extremely sad that history, let alone real history, is no longer being taught in the schools these days. I sub'd a few years back and the students would look at me like I had 2 heads, when I contradicted something in their Hx text. They (books) forget that numerous veterans, some who actually lived during those times are now teaching. My wife who's a teacher of 4th grade, every year, teaches her kids about Arlington, WW's 1 & 2, Korea and Vietnam. Over that wk, I bring a Japanese flag that once belonged to my father, as well as other items of a military nature. These kids may not get that in the higher grades, btu she makes damn sure they get it in her class.

They actually do, but they prefer not to worry about it Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen